e4m7_042 by Ken

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Map:		e4m7 - Azure Agony
Skill:		0 (Easy)
Type:		Run
Time:		0:42.97955
Kills:		??/31
Secrets:	0?/09
Date:		26.01.2006
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Comments:

	One second faster than Kay Berntsen.

	Where do I start? .. Oh my. Originally, I thought that when I finally
	got this demo, I should be all arrogant and stuff, and make a one-lined
	text file like the elite used to do, with a cocky line like:

	"Kay who?", or
	"Powerbunnies done MY way, MOTHERF**ERS!", or
	"Just a 2006 - Arturo demo" (just kidding, Jozsef! :P)...

	But no, I'll write a normal text file, as a humble guy that I am.

	When Markus had his 0:45, back then he was my freakin' hero. I think he was
	many people's hero. When Jozsef got good and started beating every demo he
	encountered on his way, he got a 44.6, with rather fast bunnies.. you could
	see he landed further away in some places, like, landing _close_ to the under
	water thing that one must shoot. I hated Jozsef for beating my idol's demo..
	But oh well. When Kay got :43, I was very amazed. Wow, here was the guy who
	got a 9 sec run on 100m.bsp, beating the ID ER with the most bunnies included..
	Makes sense, huh? .. Anyways, he said it took him weeks to get :43, and to be
	honest, the amount of :43's that I got is just ridiculous, and wanna know something?
	About 3 weeks ago, my best e4m7 was like :46, hah... just never seriously tried
	until some days ago, after I got :43 careful (which was my first :43 on this map).
	I think what some people say is right: 100m means shit in the real world.. don't
	waste time on bunny comparisson demos, try real maps and BE A MAN! :)
	
	I analyzed Markus' demo, Jozsef's demo, Kay's demo, Robert Maglic's :44 careful
	demo... everything I could, looking for the faster bits. Props to Midas, mentioned
	above, because he also got :43 on this map. He's one fast powerbunnier! :)

	I also tried to invent a whole new route - Taking Quad. I analyzed this very much,
	and tried it a lot, in both HFR and not. The logic is simple: you lose time by
	taking Quad, but do you gain MORE than what you lose in the end? There are 2 things
	that make you gain: 1) faster vore kill at the end, and 2) a spawn boost. Now, of
	this last thing, you can do it in two ways: a boost from where the spawn lies without
	moving, boosting directly to silver door... or, getting past the spawn while bunnying,
	"awaking" him and making him follow you to silver door, and once you touch it and open it,
	quickly turn around and boost yourself all the way to the elevator. Believe me, I tried
	ALL OF THIS, in every possible way, a lot of times, in different HFR's, with both ways
	of doing the spawn, and the fast vore kill... I could only manage a :43, with a demo that
	looks quite sharp. There was a minor problem.. Kay's slowest bit of the demo, concluding
	from my analysys, was the start. Yes, the start. That's where I had the chance of gaining
	some time over him... and if I took Quad there, I wouldn't be gaining time over him there.
	Plus, the spawn boost (whichever) + fast vore kill only seemd to recover and gain about 0.2
	from what you lose taking quad. It does make the run look MUCH cooler, though.. but also
	a lot harder to perform.

	Another hard trick was to do the bunnies from the stairs, to the under-water trigger, without
	touching the ground. One has to gain quite some speed.. at first it was hard, but after
	some practise, it's doable more often. ;)

	Some things I added of my own: faster start, with bunnies, and a hellknight-boost which is
	easy to get, all you have to do is SHOOT him on your way to the button (which nobody else
	ever did before me, if I'm right). Also, the way if doing the 2nd stairs, I bunnied from
	the 3rd slope or so. Also, the way of doing those last stairs... I thought of this way
	years ago, but had no skills to do it myself. Dunno if it's any faster, but looks much
	cooler IMO.. and it wasn't slow at all, as I landed in water directly as mentioned above.

	This txt file is too long already. Not counting the analysys, the other routes or anything
	else, only taking in account THIS route, this must've taken some 3 hours total. I was very
	tense everytime and I grabbed the mouse so hard, my fingers hurted quickly. :) Improving
	this will be VERY VERY VERY HARD. I will bow (literally) before the man who improves this.

	- Arturo Garca Lasca ( garcialasca@verizon.net.do )